Iraqi Linked to Black September Is Sought in Bomb‐Planting Here

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A Federal warrant was issued yesterday for a 27‐year‐old citizen of Iraq suspected of being a member of the Black September terrorist organization and charged with planting a bomb in an automobile parked next to the El Al Israeli Airlines terminal warehouse at Kennedy International Airport.

The suspect, Khalid Dahham Al‐Jawari, left the country after the bomb was planted and is the subject of an intensive international manhunt, according to Federal agents.

The automobile was one of three explosive‐laden vehicles parked next to Israeli institutions and intended to be detonated upon the arrival of Premier Golda Meir of Israel in New York City at 12 noon on March 4, the Federal agents said. One of the cars was parked next to the First Israel Bank and Trust Company of New York, Fifth Avenue at 47th Street, and the third was parked next to the Israel Discount Bank, Ltd., Fifth Avenue at 43d Street.

Bombs' Circuitry Faulty

The bombs failed to explode because of “an error in the circuitry system,” John F. Malone, assistant director in charge of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said at a late‐afternoon news conference.

When one of the bombs was detonated by the police, the explosion produced a ball of fire 25 feet in diaimeter that rose 50 to 75 feet. “Anyone within 100 yards would have been killed,” Mr. Malone said. “Hundreds would have been killed.”

He said the suspect, described as a well‐dressed, well‐educated man, was believed to be linked to the Black September organization because the automobile had “numerous items of literature referring to the Black September organization.”

Mr. Malone, asked whether the suspect had acted alone, said: “It would have been pretty tough job for one man.” He said the suspect had entered the United States from Canada on an Iraqi passport.

Search Site Not Named

All three cars had been rented. A tip from the Federal Bureau of Investigation led the police to the car at the El Al terminal. The rental agency that owned the other cars found the explosives at Pier 56 on the Hudson River, where the police had towed and impounded the vehicles.

All three bombs were recovered on March 7, three days after they were set to explode. The explosives In the trunk of the car parked next to the El Al warehouse consisted of three five‐gallon plastic containers of gasoline, three 20‐pound bottles of propane gas and two plastic bags of explosives.

The explosives had been manufactured in a foreign country, Mr. Malone said.

When asked where Federal agents were looking for the suspect, Mr. Malone said: “I'm not at liberty to name the country at the moment.” Asked if the FBI had been in touch with the Iraqi Government, he similally replied: “I'm not at liberty to answer that.” But he noted that the investigation “involved the cooperation and assistance of many foreign governments.”

The Black September terrorist group is believed to be made up of fewer than 300 fervent young Palestinians. Arab and Israeli officials say the group is a branch of the Al Fatah commando group.

Black September has said it was responsible for the killing of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich, for the mailing of letter‐bombs to Israeli embassies around the world and for the killing of three diplomats in the seizure of the Saudi Arabian embassy in the Sudan earlier this month.

A version of this archives appears in print on March 16, 1973, on Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: Iraqi Linked to Black September Is Sought in Bomb‐Planting Here. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe